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Drool (Noun)

Meaning 1

Saliva spilling from the mouth.

Classification

Nouns denoting body parts.

Synonyms

  • Dribble
  • Drivel
  • Slobber

Hypernyms

  • Spit
  • Spittle

Related Words

  • Drool (verb)

Meaning 2

Pretentious or silly talk or writing.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Usages

  • Cant
  • Vernacular
  • Jargon
  • Patois
  • Slang
  • Lingo

Examples

  • The verbose academic's tendency to spew forth grandiose theories and obscure jargon sent her students into a state of utter confusion, and the lecture devolved into a mess of unintelligible drool.
  • Her New Age blog post was a jumbled mess of vague spiritual claims and obtuse metaphysical notions that read like the incoherent drool of a mystic on a bad acid trip.
  • His "existential poem" was a cringeworthy example of wannabe literary drool, replete with obtuse references and affected language that meant nothing to anyone but him.
  • The upscale restaurant's menu was a laughable exercise in overwrought gourmand drool, with dishes described in flowery language that seemed designed to terrify the diner into submission.
  • The pseudo-intellectual's online rants about the "ontological implications of postmodernism" were little more than the self-indulgent drool of a dilettante who'd barely cracked open a book.

Synonyms

  • Bosh
  • Humbug
  • Tarradiddle
  • Boloney
  • Tosh
  • Taradiddle
  • Twaddle
  • Baloney
  • Bilgewater
  • Tommyrot

Hypernyms

  • Bunk
  • Nonsense
  • Meaninglessness
  • Nonsensicality
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